Dr. Dafydd Daniel

It's setting rules that you, as a deacon and priest, you have to follow the direction of your particular bishop in your area, that if you're exiled or anathematized in one area of the church, one province, one bishopric, you can't just move next door, right, and then carry on being a priest over there. So a lot of that is laid down as that canon law. You know, I mentioned our celibacy of priests.

It's setting rules that you, as a deacon and priest, you have to follow the direction of your particular bishop in your area, that if you're exiled or anathematized in one area of the church, one province, one bishopric, you can't just move next door, right, and then carry on being a priest over there. So a lot of that is laid down as that canon law. You know, I mentioned our celibacy of priests.

It's setting rules that you, as a deacon and priest, you have to follow the direction of your particular bishop in your area, that if you're exiled or anathematized in one area of the church, one province, one bishopric, you can't just move next door, right, and then carry on being a priest over there. So a lot of that is laid down as that canon law. You know, I mentioned our celibacy of priests.

I mean, it's decided that priests can remain married there. They just can't live with any woman that they want to live with. Always an upright character, I think, is how they put it. Also about whether eunuchs can be priests, and it's decided they can be, but you can't castrate yourself, you know, you can't do that.

I mean, it's decided that priests can remain married there. They just can't live with any woman that they want to live with. Always an upright character, I think, is how they put it. Also about whether eunuchs can be priests, and it's decided they can be, but you can't castrate yourself, you know, you can't do that.

I mean, it's decided that priests can remain married there. They just can't live with any woman that they want to live with. Always an upright character, I think, is how they put it. Also about whether eunuchs can be priests, and it's decided they can be, but you can't castrate yourself, you know, you can't do that.

But if you've already gone through that process, you can become a priest and so on. So those are some of the other things that come out of Nicaea and laid down and sent round to churches. And that's why we have those to survive, right? They're sort of gathered together, and they're the things that are sent out and laid down and kept. I mean, we talk about this as the first ecumenical council.

But if you've already gone through that process, you can become a priest and so on. So those are some of the other things that come out of Nicaea and laid down and sent round to churches. And that's why we have those to survive, right? They're sort of gathered together, and they're the things that are sent out and laid down and kept. I mean, we talk about this as the first ecumenical council.

But if you've already gone through that process, you can become a priest and so on. So those are some of the other things that come out of Nicaea and laid down and sent round to churches. And that's why we have those to survive, right? They're sort of gathered together, and they're the things that are sent out and laid down and kept. I mean, we talk about this as the first ecumenical council.

And Eusebius of Caesars describes it in those terms. But so after this, and even before this, there were so many synods. And I've mentioned Constantius, the son of Constant. He tries to have lots of his own councils to go in a more Aryan direction, to reject a Nicaea. They're not then classed anymore as ecumenical councils, right?

And Eusebius of Caesars describes it in those terms. But so after this, and even before this, there were so many synods. And I've mentioned Constantius, the son of Constant. He tries to have lots of his own councils to go in a more Aryan direction, to reject a Nicaea. They're not then classed anymore as ecumenical councils, right?

And Eusebius of Caesars describes it in those terms. But so after this, and even before this, there were so many synods. And I've mentioned Constantius, the son of Constant. He tries to have lots of his own councils to go in a more Aryan direction, to reject a Nicaea. They're not then classed anymore as ecumenical councils, right?

Because they don't fit this list of what's decided as what is orthodox. But no, the Nicaea is doing a lot of different things. And You can see there this laying down of, maybe centralization isn't necessarily the right word, but the churches, what has the Christian church been?

Because they don't fit this list of what's decided as what is orthodox. But no, the Nicaea is doing a lot of different things. And You can see there this laying down of, maybe centralization isn't necessarily the right word, but the churches, what has the Christian church been?

Because they don't fit this list of what's decided as what is orthodox. But no, the Nicaea is doing a lot of different things. And You can see there this laying down of, maybe centralization isn't necessarily the right word, but the churches, what has the Christian church been?

I mean, the earliest churches that survive are from the 230s, these house churches, more informal churches, private gatherings. But now we've got Constantinus building churches, a visible display of of Christianity. You can see already there's this huge network of bishops. I mean, staggering really how Christianity was already organized in this way, even before Constantine's conversion.

I mean, the earliest churches that survive are from the 230s, these house churches, more informal churches, private gatherings. But now we've got Constantinus building churches, a visible display of of Christianity. You can see already there's this huge network of bishops. I mean, staggering really how Christianity was already organized in this way, even before Constantine's conversion.

I mean, the earliest churches that survive are from the 230s, these house churches, more informal churches, private gatherings. But now we've got Constantinus building churches, a visible display of of Christianity. You can see already there's this huge network of bishops. I mean, staggering really how Christianity was already organized in this way, even before Constantine's conversion.

And so really the structure was already in place, but now it's being more formularized, right? There's a sort of formal idea of what can be done. You know, once there's a rule, once the rule is decided, you can say, well, look, you're disobeying this rule. We all agreed this, right? We got together, we agreed it. And so let's all follow it.

And so really the structure was already in place, but now it's being more formularized, right? There's a sort of formal idea of what can be done. You know, once there's a rule, once the rule is decided, you can say, well, look, you're disobeying this rule. We all agreed this, right? We got together, we agreed it. And so let's all follow it.